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• General - Car purchase advice 4 May 2017 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I'm looking to buy a a year old car which I'll be using for business and pleasure. I'll be driving around 20000 miles a year on motorway and around cities. I'd considered leasing but although I have the funds in the bank I can't get credit easily due to being self employed I'd be looking to trade in again in around 2 years.
• 5dr Daily Commute car - £7k 22 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  Hello,   1st post on here, I am currently expecting the birth of my first child so will shortly be needing to acquire a new car, my Seat Ibiza 3dr isn't really going to cut it.   I commute approx 20,000 miles a year between Chester & Manchester up the M56 so i'm looking at a Diesel, 1.6 & up. Ideally looking for 55mpg minimum & anything up to 6yrs old or thereabouts, under 45k miles I had a look on Autotrader & in my budget of £7k I had the following I liked the look of, is there any of these I should avoid or alternatively should I be going for one over the others.
• Replace my astra van with cheap car under £500 3 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  I currently own a old Astra 1.7dti diesel van which has 225k miles. great little van and very reliable. I only do about 1000miles a year in it BUT  1. because it a van I have to permits to take anything to the recycling yard 2.
• Vauxhall Astra - Why so many 19 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  Would either of these cars be a bad choice? Thanks
• Ford Focus radio code problem 23 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  My Sister-in-Law's 4 year old Focus had to have a new battery. The radio needed re-coding but won't accept the code. She has had the car from new and the code was obviously supplied with the car. The battery has never been disconnected before its replacement nor any work done on the radio.
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class - Mercedes Artico seats 18 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  I always had the car serviced at the Mercedes dealership and no third party has been involved in any way with the car. The dealership asked Mercedes whether there was anything they could do, and I have followed this up since with Mercedes Customer Relations, but the car is out of warrantee.
• VW Golf 2.0 GT - TDI Turbo owl/siren sound MK5 Golf 28 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Car has full mostly VW service history,  no expense spared and is immaculate. 57k miles. It is however 12 years old and these cars have a bad rep for reliability. It pulls well and does not smoke or use oil.
• SAAB 9-3 - Have V5C/2 but can't tax vehicle 19 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  I'm trying to tax my new car online. The DVLA service cann't find details of my car so I'm unable to tax it. I'm getting information about the 12 digit Doc Ref No is perhaps not the most recent log book number. The garage who sold me the car are reputible so I have no doubts there.
• KIA Venga - Category D write off 18 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  While up in Leeds the other day for other reasons went to look at a car advertised on a cerain website (with a lady friend who was interested)and on the surface it looked okay. Was told that damage was "only bumper wing and headlight" so a question, car was 2 years old, no service history being sold on a back street lot.
• Mitsubishi Pajero - Lidl outrage! 9 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  We have a 21-year-old Pajero; it is 1.9 metres tall. For years we have been driving it into the car park of our local Lidl at Horley, Surrey. However the shop was closed for refurbishment for about three months - and has now reopened.
• Ford Fiesta ST - Query About A HJ Review 28 Mar 2015 (Forum)
    I sold back my ST to the dealer in February '14 after similar issues (amongst others) and got nowhere with either dealers or Ford HQ. I wonder if the car above was my car sold to some other poor soul?   For my own piece of mind I would liked to know if that was my old car and whether the new owner was looked after.    I wasn't sure if using 'Ask HJ' was right place to ask so thought I'd try here first.
• Tyres/wheels stood in water 21 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Two tyres are 5yr old Bridgestoness, the other are new Vredestein all season tyres.
• Ford Fiesta J Reg - Fiesta J Reg Gearbox Problem 11 May 2014 (Forum)
  Can someone please tell me what might be wrong with our car. It's a J reg Fiesta 1100 with a four speed gearbox and sometimes it is very stiff to get in and out of the gears...it doesn't happen all the time. The car has been driven by us from new and I realise it's an old car but it only has 30 odd miles on the clock so hasn't been to John O' Groats and back .
• Mpv - Any car buying suggestions? 28 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  Budget of around 3k but could stretch this for the right car. Is it just not possible? Thanks for any ideas you may have!
• Renalt cabriolet 2005 - Ludicrous renault part prices 2 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  The gear knob was £75 ,and the cable £45 ,unbelievable ,so it's down to the local scrap yard for me .Probable cost £5 each and a bit of time spent scrabbling around a dirty old car . How do renault and perhaps other manufacturers justify prices like these ?
• Used Car Recommendation - Budget 5-6K 8 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  My mother in law needs to replace a 13 year old KA, she's 65 so wants this to be the last car she buys, as you can guess her milage is low around 5000 miles a year. She has a budget of 5-6K. Is she better getting a brand new budget model Dacia, Checvrolet etc.. nearly new citroen C1, fiat 500 or slightly older ford ka, toyota ka.
• Vw golf mark v 2009 - Noise on accelerator 25 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Fault bad clutch judder - the car has never had a clutch judder. They fitted a new clutch and flywheel under warranty. Got car back and I still have this noise on the accelarator. Before I ring the garage has anyone any idea what this is?
• Still looking for a new car! 6 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Daily round trip of 25 miles a day so diesel not overly needed. Needs to be reliable and looking to keep for 4 years. Weekend runs to football with twin 8 year old daughters. What's everyones thoughts? I will be buying one of them tomorrow.  
• Honda CRV 2 ltr. petrol - early clutch failure 13 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  burnt out at 40,000m. all my previous cars have done over twice this and still been o.k.when sold on. I have recently swapped a second car, a 7 year old MX5 with 115,000m. on original clutch. But honda insist its the way I drive. The CRV is mainly used for long runs and I use the cruise control as often as I can also the acel/decel buttons which is the first car I have had this device on.
• Diesel without dpf 29 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I shall soon be looking at auction for a replacement car of about three years old. I don't specifically want to buy a diesel but most of the ex fleet cars at auction are diesels so I limit my choice if I avoid them. If I buy a deisel I wish to aviod the hassel of a dpf.